Buckle



Sept- 1, 1931. .1. FRIEDHEIM 1,820,969

BUCKLE Filed April l5, 1929 'fPatented Sept. 1, 1931 ynon J."ffFRIEDHE1M, orzsfr. LoUIs, MISSOURI vPATENT Aori-ice i .BUCKLE l .I appntamuy inea april 15 This invention relates generally to' fastening devices and, more' particularly, to a certain new Aand, useful/improvement ,in fasftenin'fr'devicesof the type commonly known 5 ,asbucklesQ' 1 My vinvention has for itsobjects theprovision' of a buckley especially 'adapted for belts, straps, andthe like, whichcomprises few, Aconveniently manipulated 'parts, which may becheaply ,manufactured Iwhich dispenses with teeth: orfother such more or less Amaterial-ruining gripping means fcll holding/the b uckle to the material, andwhich is eiicient' in the performanceof lits kintended g,y functions, and the improvement specifically of the buckle'illustrated and. described in .Letters Patent N o.1,69 8398y issued to,v me "under date' of January 8,1929.

, And with the-above and other objects in wie view, my invention ifesi'dze'sJ in 'the Anovel fea- Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the buckle taken approximately on the line 3-3, Figure 2; and Y f Figure 4 is a plan view of the buckle as ii seen from the rear or under side.

Referring now more in detailand by refyerence characters to the drawmgs, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention, A designates a garment of any suit- 'i0 able type, such as knickers for sport wear,

transversely-split flexible band or strap l therearound adapted for adjustment so as f 2', together, I provide the present buckle B, which comprises apair of flat plates 3 and p 4, ktermed the front and rear members, re-

5U spectlvely, inasmuch as the front member i929. serial No. 355,205.

is seen assuperimposed on the rear member when in position upon the garment. ,Y

The plates 3, 4, are disposed in flatwise abutting relation for slidable movement in order to prevent lateraly movement therebetween, the opposite `end,for, as seenin Figures 1,' 3, and 4, the top and bottom, edges ,of one of the plates is" provided with' flanges 5 adapted to overlie and slidably engage the ytop and bottom edges of the other plate.

n, The plates 3 and Llare approximately' of the same length, substantially rectangular in shape, and each provided adjacent their opposite longitudinal ends with transversely disposed parallel slots 6, 6', formed by pairs 'of suitably spaced outer and inner'cross-bars 7, 8, respectively. Integrally formed with or`conjoined to 'one of the inner cross-bars 8 of the front plate 3, is ya ypreferably T hook,

theshank 9 of which projects in the plane and longitudinally of the -plate towards the opposite inner cross-bar v8 yofthe plate.` The shank 9is theny bent laterally to provide the neck 10 of the hook, which extends rearwardly of the buckle through the center and Wider openings 11, 11, formed in the plates 3,4, in-

termediate their Ivespectivev airs of inner cross-bars 8, .to a pointsomew at beyond lthe Awards thev opposite inner cross-bars'8 of the plates 3,' 4, the bill orhead 12 extending substantially parallel with, but in aplane lspaced transversely from rkthe'plane of, :the plates,

as best seen in Figure 2 and 3, for convenient engagement with one of the strap-ends, as 2', which latter isv provided with a suitable buti ton-hole 13 for the purpose. `Imight add that the lower end of each leg of which has a the neck of the hook also provides a stop for limiting relativegmovement longitudivnally of the plates inboth directions.

.i to tightlyV encircle the wearers knee, the free 5 ends of the strap being indicated, as at 2, 2'.

For adjustably fastening the strap-ends 2,

In order tosecure the buckle on the other free end'2 of the band l, the vslots 6, 6', ofthe one-'plate are broughtinto registry @with the slots 6, 6', of the other plate, when 4the strapend v2y is threaded therethrough. Upon a slightpull of one of the plates in either direction, the plates wll'clamp' or grip the mate- ,longitudinally the one upon the other, and 'u rial of the strap tightly in place and without the use of pivots, teeth, or the like, grippingengagelnent between the buckle and the strapend 2 being increased by the opposed flanges 14 extending obliquely and rearwardly from the inner edge of the outer cross-bars 7 of the rear plate 4,5@ .be/Steam in .Figure It obvious Vthat'j-QL-after the buckle-iris f adj ustedwto the desired position to make the 10 band l of the proper tightness, theoppo'site end 2 ofl the strapor band. l may 'beaunclasped and reclasped as often as desired without moving the parts out of their correct, adjusted relationship, the hook being r'wholly, as will be noted, concealed from outer view ,l1-when, thebuckle is in use or normally, as I have provided al buckle which is f formand construction and extremeefiicient and V'desirable for ythe 3 purposes and which may be., manipulated and adjusted with extreme easeand convenience. Q lt 'i "tof,belunderstoodgthat various modifi- 'onsmaygbe made in my new buckle wit-hv'departing, from'the `spirit o-f'my invenence livido not .wish to be understood `'as ation, arrangemenQ-and combination of parts tuer'eirr,f shovvn Yand described, 0r uses inengegtion'ed except fas. limited by the 'Clair-fis,`

c) fill -Haying thus describedv my invention, what l I'clairn anddesire to secure by I jetters Patis r zlyided witlilspaced pairs of inner and outer gslot-:tormingl cross-bars,tl11e slots; between 'salidllzjgiairsf` ofbars being approximately of Y y i buckle, apair yoifplates each oneinjn'er cross-bar towards tliether, the Y neck extending laterally ofthe'plat'e to bel i youd the plane thereof, and the bill extendying transversely of the plate intermediate said inner cross-bars in a plane offset laterally Afrom and approximately parallel with the plane of the'plate for securing engagement with Va eej-operating strap.

v 432A buckle including a plate comprising spaced pairs of inner and Outer lslot-forfining Across-bars, the slotsflietween said pairs of .cross-bars being approximately of equal dimensionsand the plate being adapted at said slots forthreaded engagement with'a strap, and a T-shape'd hook comprising a shank, a necl anda bill, theshank projecting llong itudirially approximately inthe plane` of vthe plate from on'einner cross-bar towards the other, v thewneclr extendingglaterally of the plate to'beyon'd' the plane thereof', and the bill being presented towardthe opposite in- 'ner cross-barand extending transversel of the plate intermediate said innerY crossars in a plane offset laterallyfrom and'approximately parallel with` the planeofl the plate for securing engagement with a k'co'- operating strap. Y Y Y .In testimony 'whereofl have' signed my name 'to this specification.`r

" LEON J- FRiEDHEIM.g

with astrap,theoneplatehaving en- A Spectftotlie other .and each Vet said-plates 4 lgiayingjanopening Ainternflediate their reprgje nigsfrom one ofthe innercross-bars of o nejof.y saidplates, the billof thev hook beipresented rearwallly of the plates Vthrcitigl-il said `openings and toward the opnspectivepair of inner cross-bars, andahook n p teinnercrQSS-barof said one plate and v y.osed in la plane spaced `transversely fromA 1 f 2. buckleincluding aplate comprising erll' reif-@ef inner-fand -euter'slo'tzffmng crosls-barsandadapted at said slots foishapedlliook'whose shank projects fronufone allel'yvith the plane of' the plate for securing l.Qngagement with a co-Operating strap. 

